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just plain individuals nostalgic for sounds of a faraway time.
And while his collection is mostly recordings made before 1950, he finds his clients mostly under the age of 30.
“From which 1 can tell, a lot of them are college students,” he said, adding he found that often the audiences for his radio shows were the same.
Beginning in 1979, Mr. Pierson began his short-lived career as a disc-jockey for various stations. With no formal, professional training except his love and knowledge of his material, Mr. Pierson would spin records at local stations.
James Madison University’s student-run station, Warrenton's Big K, the former WEER in Warrenton and WAMU in Washington, D.C. have all aired programs hosted by Mr. Pierson.
“My recordings never left the basement,” he said of his prize possessions, explaining each program was pre-planned and tapes were made of the recordings to be aired. “I usually did it by day or event,” he said, adding if it was someone’s birthday — like A1 Jolson — he would feature most of the music from that artist.
“Back then,” Mr. Pierson said with some nostalgia, “they used to write a song at the drop of a hat. They had songs for every day of the week, politicial events, national events, unhappy or happy events," he said, naming songs written for
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